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In Malawi, where some 83,000 children are infected with HIV, a new program brings U.S. doctors to the East African country and encourages African doctors to set up practices in their hometowns, instead of leaving for more prosperous countries. FRED DE SAM LAZARO, NewsHour Correspondent: In Malawi, 1 out of every 4 children dies before reaching age 5. Famine is chronic, and AIDS has left tens of thousands of orphans often in the care of struggling grandparents, like Robin Nangwandu. Many children, like his grandson, McAnthony, are HIV-positive. ROBIN NANGWANDU, Malawian Grandfather (through translator): I will continue working until I die. Don't have enough money to buy food stocks, just enough money to buy day-to-day. It's not easy to care for a kid who is HIV-positive, not easy to shuttle him back and forth to hospital. FRED... [read full story]
